Buzz In: What Books Capture the Lives of Women in 2008?


Updated 09/08/08 10:36 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 9 comments

What Books Represent Women of 2008

I saw a great Charlie Rose interview of Matthew Weiner (creator of Mad Men) and I learned some fascinating tidbits. My favorite is the fact that Weiner defers to two books as his guide to what women's lives in the 1960s must have been like: The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan and Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown. I can easily see the influence of Friedan's book in Betty's Read more

Link Time — Married Life After an Affair


Updated 05/15/12 12:10 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Stay Married After an Affair

How to stay married after an affair — HuffPost Wedding 7 essentials for the ultimate girls' night in — CollegeCandy 12 Facebook friends who are fun to stalk — The Frisky Jennifer Love Hewitt gets vajazzled for special occasions — YourTango Tyra Banks's open letter to models — The Daily Beast The top OMG moments from Gossip Girl's season finale — BuzzSugar 31 percent of people lie to Read more

5 Reasons Being a Single Man is Kind of Overrated


Updated 05/11/12 2:04 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Single Overrated

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Today, Damon Young names five reasons being a single man is overrated. While most will probably remember 2012 as the "Year Of The YOLO" (and by "most" I mean "like seven people"), it holds special significance for me because it’ll likely be the first year since 2002 where I spent the entire year single. I Read more

You're Fired! 20 Signs That a Pink Slip Is Coming


Updated 05/10/12 4:22 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Will I Be Fired?

If something feels off at the office, you may want to brace yourself for the worst. Wise Bread shares signs to look for when a pink slip is coming. There are two types of employees. One has a good idea of what they do, who they are, and what position they play in the company. They are savvy. They know the score. They are under no delusions, and will no doubt leave for another job long before Read more

Femmephobia: "Girls Are Gross" Writ Large


Updated 04/20/12 7:38 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

What Is Femmephobia?

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Ozy Frantz explains the difference between fear and hatred of women, and the more common fear and hatred of anything feminine. When I was a freshman in high school, I and my friends were Cool Chicks. We weren't like those other girls, the ones who were passive and weak and giggled and watched romantic Read more

Link Time — Should You Have Sex on a First Date?


Updated 04/18/12 1:35 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Having Sex on a First Date

A guy's perspective on having sex on a first date — CollegeCandy Ann Romney marrying up makes her a feminist role model? What the what? — The Frisky How to fit your pets into your online dating profile — YourTango Find out what Chloe Sevigny has to say about "quirky girls" — Huffington Post What single women wish they could say when asked why they're single — Glamour Do men have Read more

Movie Wedding Album: Sex and the City's Carrie and Big


Updated 04/17/12 3:35 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Sex and the City Wedding Pictures

Carrie Bradshaw may have been TV's ultimate single girl, but when the series gets the big-screen treatment, Carrie gets ready to walk down the aisle with Mr. Big. Of course, it takes Carrie and Big six seasons to even figure out their relationship, so their road to marriage is a bumpy one, with one breakup, two proposals, and in true Carrie style, several wedding dresses. Check out the slideshow Read more

Link Time — Reading Between the Lines on an Online Dating Profile


Updated 03/27/12 1:25 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Read a Man's Online Dating Profile

What does he really mean in his online dating profile? — YourTango Girl talk: My husband and I have separate bank accounts — TheFrisky Thoughts on Justin Bieber's new single "Boyfriend" — CollegeCandy Absurd anti-feminist attacks on Hillary Clinton — The Jane Dough Questions for a non-monogamous couple — The Hairpin Bravo's gay Iranian star — The Daily Beast Reasons not to use a Read more

Healthy Dose Link Time: Why Being Single Can Sometimes Be Better


Updated 02/14/12 10:34 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How Being Single Is Healthy

Why being single is sometimes better (for your waistline) — Self Find out what happens to unused muscles — Fit Bottomed Girls The foods that health experts always keep in their kitchens — Real Simple Salad isn't boring: rosemary and balsamic-roasted grapes and olives — Vegetarian Times Make it really count! Sex positions that double as exercise — Fitness How one couple lost 285 pounds Read more

The Lucky One Trailer: Zac Efron Returns From War to Romance His Good-Luck Charm


Updated 02/15/12 11:23 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

The Lucky One Trailer Starring Zac Efron

It's been a while since we've seen a Nicholas Sparks adaptation, but the wait is over with The Lucky One, which has every Sparks element we've come to expect: soap, sex, and plenty of cheese. Zac Efron stars as Logan Thibault, a soldier who has just returned home after fighting overseas. He credits his survival at war to one object: a photograph of a woman he randomly found in battle. When he Read more